Benchmarks
Sustainability ranking of Dutch electricity suppliers
In 2021, Eneco scores 9.0 for consumer electricity in the Dutch annual sustainability ranking of Consumentenbond, Natuur & Milieu and Wise. This means that Eneco remains the most sustainable electricity provider of the large energy companies. The score underlines Eneco’s course towards the company and its customers being climate neutral by 2035.
Green electricity supplier ranking Belgium
Eneco Belgium scores 18/20 in Greenpeace's 2021 ranking of green electricity suppliers in Belgium. Once again, Eneco Belgium achieves the highest score of all major energy suppliers in Belgium. The report states that 'Eneco distinguishes itself from other large energy suppliers by being the only supplier to set climate targets aimed at reducing emissions to net zero well before 2050'.
Platinum EcoVadis for Eneco
In 2021, Eneco again received the Platinum rating from EcoVadis. This makes us one of the top 1% of companies in our sector in terms of sustainability performance. EcoVadis assesses how a company scores on environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
CDP Climate Change 2021
Eneco has been awarded an A- by CDP in the field of combating climate change and is therefore part of the leadership group. The score exceeds the European regional average of B and is higher than the average of the renewable power generation sector (C). CDP is an international non-profit organisation that encourages companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, among other things. In 2021, more than 13.000 companies worldwide participated in CDP. CDP has been providing insight into companies' climate footprints and ambitions for over 20 years. The organisation requests detailed information and then assigns a score from D to A.
Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics rates Eneco with a low Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) risk (18.7). It rates Eneco's overall management of material ESG issues as 'strong'. With our ESG score from Sustainalytics, we are among the 10% best performing companies in our sector in terms of sustainability.
Sustainalytics is a global player in rating companies on sustainability at the request of investors. An ESG rating assesses environmental, social and governance factors. This means that factors such as energy consumption, climate, resource availability, health, safety and good corporate governance are taken into account in business decisions. ESG ratings are intended to measure a company's resilience to long-term, material risks.
Science Based Targets initiative
Climate targets are considered 'science-based' if they are in line with what the latest climate science deems necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Eneco was the first Dutch company with approved targets in 2017. Based on the SBTi methodology, a carbon budget for our company including our suppliers and customers was determined.
In 2019, Eneco updated its targets to absolute targets for scope 1, 2 and 3 based on the 2°C path. We also submit the update of our targets based on the 1.5°C path to the SBTi.
